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Michael
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi - I was just looking at a motherboard - and I noticed that the PCI and
DIMM slots all used through hole mounting (I think that's what it's called?
Where pins stick through the board) while the CPU socket was surface mount.
What's the advantage to using surface mount in such a situation instead of
through hole mounting? My guess was that using a surface mount socket
allowed traces to go directly under the socket in some of the middle
layers. But really I just don't know... Any ideas? Thanks,
Michael
DIMM slots all used through hole mounting (I think that's what it's called?
Where pins stick through the board) while the CPU socket was surface mount.
What's the advantage to using surface mount in such a situation instead of
through hole mounting? My guess was that using a surface mount socket
allowed traces to go directly under the socket in some of the middle
layers. But really I just don't know... Any ideas? Thanks,
Michael